Developing Adaptation Policy and Practice in Europe: Multi-level Governance of Climate Change

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Introduction – Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe: Theoretical Framework and Study Design

   • E. Carina H. Keskitalo

   Pages 1-38

3. Addressing Adaptation in the EU Policy Framework

   • David Ellison

   Pages 39-96

4. Climate Change Adaptation in the United Kingdom: England and South-East England

   • E. Carina H. Keskitalo

   Pages 97-147

5. Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation: The Case of Multi-Level Governance in Finland

   • Sirkku Juhola

   Pages 149-187

6. Adapting to Climate Change in Sweden: National Policy Development and Adaptation Measures in Västra Götaland

   • E. Carina H. Keskitalo

   Pages 189-232

7. ‘Planning for Today’: The Nature and Emergence of Adaptation Measures in Italy

   • Lisa Westerhoff

   Pages 233-270

8. Planned Adaptation Measures in Industrialised Countries: A Comparison of Select Countries Within and Outside the EU

   • Lisa Westerhoff, E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Heather McKay, Johanna Wolf, David Ellison, Iosif Botetzagias et al.

   Pages 271-338

9. Conclusion: The Development of Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation Measures in European Countries

   • E. Carina H. Keskitalo

   Pages 339-366

10. Back Matter

    Pages 367-376

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Mitigation will not be sufficient for us to avoid climate change and we will need to adapt to its consequences. This book targets the development of adaptation policy in European countries with different relations between central and regional/local government.

• Adaptation
• Adaptive capacity
• Climate change
• Europe
• European Union (EU)
• Multi-Level Governance
• development
• Climate change management
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• Dept. Social &, Economic Geography, Umea University, Umea, Sweden

  E. Carina H. Keskitalo

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